Lancs fibre broadband scheme sponsors business awards
A public-private partnership designed to significantly boost fibre optic broadband coverage in Lancashire has agreed to become the headline sponsor of a local business award scheme. Superfast Lancashire is backing the Be Inspired...
Read moreFibre broadband project brings jobs boost to south-west
A project aimed at upgrading broadband speeds across the south-west of England is set to bring a jobs boost to the region. BT is installing fibre optic broadband infrastructure in Exeter, Bristol, Plymouth, Taunton and Salisbury...
Read moreLincolnshire association calls for better broadband in 2014
A business association in Lincolnshire has claimed that improved broadband access should be a priority in 2014. The Lincolnshire arm of the County Land and Business Association (CLA) claimed that in the modern world, access to...
Read moreScottish community take fibre broadband access into their own hands
Residents from a rural community in Scotland have taken matters into their own hands with an innovative fibre optic broadband rollout. The area of Loch Eil was not originally included in the upgrade plans of service provider BT,...
Read moreRural Cornwall residents launch superfast broadband petition
Homeowners from a rural area of Cornwall have launched a petition to try to bring superfast broadband access to their properties. The region is covered by the Superfast Cornwall rollout project, which has been bringing the...
Read moreEx-BT chief says fibre broadband investment wasn't a risk
Former BT Chief Executive Lord Livingston has insisted it was never a risk for the telecoms giant to invest billions of pounds in fibre optic broadband. Under its commercial rollout programme, the company is spending £2.5...
Read moreNoke residents pledge to raise fibre broadband funds
Residents of an Oxfordshire village have pledged to raise thousands of pounds to support the rollout of fibre optic broadband. Villagers in Noke, which is around five miles north-east of Oxford, are seeking to generate funds of...
Read moreHull fibre broadband project hailed by Prescott
An initiative that has seen fibre optic broadband introduced to more than 120 homes and businesses in the Sutton area of Hull has been praised by Lord Prescott. The Labour politician was speaking following the switch-on of the...
Read moreFibre broadband finally arrives for South Gloucestershire residents
Properties that are covered by a broadband cabinet in South Gloucestershire have finally been introduced to superfast speeds after nearly three years of waiting. BT announced in early 2011 that it would be upgrading the exchange...
Read moreFibre broadband boost for Shropshire village
The village of Montford Bridge in Shropshire has been given a connectivity boost after being introduced to fibre optic broadband access. It was upgraded as part of Super Switch-on Day (Wednesday December 18th 2014), which saw...
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